In a recent post on digital marketing acronyms my partner, Chuck, broke down PPC and SEO – pay-per-click marketing and search engine optimization – and how they are both part of SEM, or search engine marketing. And while SEO and PPC – in this post I’m referring mainly to Google Ads – are separate search […]
When we engage with new prospect and clients, we often find that the conversations are laden with acronyms. SERP, SEO, PPC, SEM… LOL. It seems like there are acronyms in every facet of business and digital marketing is no different. I wanted to break down some of these acronyms for the uninitiated so there’s an […]
At Digital C4, we often work with our clients to improve their page load times. It’s part of our SEO process. We’ll go through a list of things known to be killers when it comes to website performance and page load times. Below, I’m going to list, as a checklist of sorts, some things you […]
When it comes to search engine optimization – SEO – there’s a lot at stake for most businesses. And yet, we come across many organizations that tell us they’re going to manage it internally. Or, better yet, their neighbor’s son is good at computers and is helping us out. Or, even better yet, they don’t […]
Search engine optimization (SEO) success is often measured with key performance indicators (KPIs). Even if you’re an eCommerce or marketplace platform, where performance is mostly tied to revenue and conversions, you must measure how much revenue and conversions are coming from your SEO efforts. Most of our clients have and maintain traditional websites and when […]
Bounce rate is an SEO key performance indicator (KPI) that we review with our clients on a regular basis. It’s a metric that can help us understand how people interact with your site and content, and the lower the bounce rate the better. Here’s Google’s definition of bounce rate: A bounce is a single-page session on your […]
Search engine optimization (SEO) is an important tool in a marketer’s digital toolbox. If done correctly, with best practices at the forefront of a good strategy, it can help boost the online visibility of your website and deliver an increased number of qualified prospects. If done incorrectly, however, SEO can lead to website penalties, obscurity, […]
The words “site migration” get tossed around a lot for a number of different website upgrades. There’s the completely new site and there’s the refresh or site improvement, which might consist of a new look-and-feel, the addition (and subtraction) of some pages, and so on. Regardless of the site migration you are planning, it can […]
Way back in 2009, Google announced that they no longer use Meta keywords and description tags as ranking factors, but that doesn’t mean that they should be ignored. We still use the keywords tag as a means of organizing and mapping our keywords to the pages they focus on. And, I could argue (and will) […]
There’s a lot that can go into a smart search engine optimization (SEO) strategy, but one question a lot of people ask us is, “What can I do to my website today to improve its optimization and visibility?” That’s a good question. Afterall, while there are many factors that comprise SEO, there are best practices […]